Panzura Express

Panzura Express brings the enterprise-grade Panzura CloudFS hybrid cloud file platform to single-site organizations that need AI-ready file data, AI data intelligence through Microsoft 365 Copilot, and ransomware resiliency without a multi-site deployment.

Panzura Express is software. There is no controller to spec, no delivery date to wait on, and no appliance refresh several years out. It is a full NAS delivered as software, including SMB and NFS file services, a local high-availability node pair, immutable snapshots, quotas, and Active Directory integration.

Organizations run it on virtual hosts they already own, against S3-compatible object storage on premises or in AWS. Adding capacity means adding object storage when it is needed, rather than committing to a hardware capacity decision years in advance. A file platform that installs on existing virtualization is an operating expense a small IT team can approve and stand up in an afternoon, rather than a capital project that waits for the next budget cycle.

Panzura Express combines three Panzura solutions into a single fixed-price annual license.

1. Panzura CloudFS provides the local high-availability node pair and immutable snapshots, taken as often as every 60 seconds, so encrypted or corrupted data can be rolled back to a point before an attack.

2. Panzura Data Services adds full file estate search, file activity auditing, and AI-powered Threat Control with User Behavior Intelligence for real-time ransomware and data loss detection and alerting.

3. Panzura Nexus makes CloudFS file data discoverable and askable through Microsoft 365 Copilot, with permission fidelity so AI access reflects the governance an organization has already defined in CloudFS.

Small and mid-market organizations typically run 100 to 300 employees with a one-to-three-person IT team and no dedicated storage administrator, while holding the same categories of irreplaceable data as far larger firms, including design files, medical imaging, CAD and CAM assets, media libraries, and case records.

Panzura Express is not a separate product line. It delivers the same core functionality and benefits as multi-site Panzura CloudFS under a single-site license. Adding capacity or expanding to additional sites is a license change, with no forklift hardware upgrade, re-platforming, or data migration required. Administrators keep the interface, policies, and skills they already have.

Panzura Express is offered in three capacity tiers at 25TB, 50TB, and 100TB, with every tier including the full set of solutions comprised of Panzura CloudFS, Panzura Data Services with Threat Control, and Panzura Nexus.